Marlee Matlin

I'm different, and my manner invites questions. I'm never afraid to answer. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#answer #different #i #invites #manner

At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#deaf #point #say #some #stop

I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#else #everyone #i #life #like

I'm not broke. Like everybody else, I owe money. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#else #everybody #everybody else #i #like

I hope that through my example, such as my role on 'The West Wing,' I can help change attitudes on deafness and prove we can really do everything... except hear. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#change #deafness #everything #example #except

I'm gonna be unemployed when people read this. Ha. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#i #people #read #unemployed

As a kid, during the school year, my head was often buried in a textbook or Judy Blume book; the words and pictures were the perfect, barrier-free environment for me. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#buried #during #environment #head #judy

At the end of the day, it's about the best interests of the children. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#best #best interests #children #day #end

By the time I was a teenager, my desire to be daring and taste everything got me in trouble. Too often, I was in the company of kids my parents would call 'wild.' ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#call #company #daring #desire #everything

I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

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